Case of Abraham Lincoln : a story of adultery, murder, and the making of a great president by J. M Fenster(
Book
)6
editions published
between
2007
and
2009
in
English
and held by
1,297 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Documents the events surrounding a mid-nineteenth-century Springfield blacksmith's murder trial that would define Abraham
Lincoln's legal career, evaluating how the case reflected the beliefs of the time and placed Lincoln in the national spotlight

Parish priest : Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism by Douglas Brinkley(
Book
)13
editions published
between
2005
and
2009
in
English
and held by
1,087 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The son of Irish immigrants, McGivney was a man to whom "family values" represented more than mere rhetoric. And he left a
legacy of hope still celebrated around the world. In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread.
Many Catholics struggled to find work and ended up in infernolike mills, where an injury or death would leave a family penniless.
Called to action in 1882 by his sympathy for these suffering people, Father McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, an organization
that has helped to save countless families from the indignity of destitution. From its uncertain beginnings, it has grown
to an international membership of 1.7 million men. At heart, though, Father McGivney was never anything more than an American
parish priest, and nothing less than that, either--perhaps the most beloved parish priest in U.S. history.--From publisher
description

Jefferson's America : the President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation by J. M Fenster(
Book
)5
editions published
between
2014
and
2017
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
844 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration, sending out waves of expeditions
into the West after the Louisiana Purchase. In presiding over that era of discovery, Jefferson forged a great nation"--

Mavericks, miracles, and medicine : the pioneers who risked their lives to bring medicine into the modern age by J. M Fenster(
Book
)3
editions published
between
2003
and
2005
in
English
and held by
518 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine, the companion volume to The History Channel series of the same name, brings to life the
stories behind twenty groundbreaking achievements in the field of medical science." "From Typhoid Mary to Dolly, from Andreas
Vesalius's sixteenth century studies in anatomy to John Gibbon Jr.'s development of the heart-lung machine over two decades
in the twentieth, here are the healers and dreamers who marched resolutely ahead of their time - and altered the face of medicine
for all time."--Jacket

For the next generation : a wake-up call to solving our nation's problems by Debbie Wasserman Schultz(
Book
)3
editions published
between
2013
and
2014
in
English
and held by
448 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz challenges the nation to resolve tough issues
for future generations. America has witnessed the dangers that come with shortsightedness, she writes. If we want to ensure
prosperity for ourselves and an improved way of life for young Americans, we have to change, starting now. We need to create
jobs, turn around our economy, formulate a long-term energy solution, reform immigration policies, and enhance and expand
health-care coverage. Yet these important issues have been sidelined by gridlock in a Congress that is too concerned about
the next election to worry about the future. The group of Americans who have the most to lose from this dysfunction are the
ones least represented in government: America's children. This book is one mother's challenge to her congressional colleagues
and to the rest of the nation, to adopt a parent's perspective for doing right by our kids.--From publisher description

Race of the century : the heroic true story of the 1908 New York to Paris auto race by J. M Fenster(
Book
)4
editions published
between
2005
and
2013
in
English
and held by
395 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Provides an account of a 1908 New York to Paris auto race that took the competitors westward across the United States, aboard
a boat to the Far East, across Japan to a trek across Siberia, Asia, and Eastern Europe to Paris

The spirit of invention : the story of the thinkers, creators, and dreamers who formed our nation by J. M Fenster(
Book
)3
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
360 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
An illustrated appreciation of America's spirit of invention, which introduces unique characters whose insistence on change
for the better made America what it is today. This book is a fascinating examination of innovation as a driving characteristic
of Americans from all eras and all walks of life. In this book we meet Gertrude Forbes, a sickly widow so poor she had to
live in her aunt's attic, who overcame the odds to invent, among other things, an adjustable ironing board cover. We follow
Cromwell Dixon, a fifteen-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, whose dreams of finding a way to fly inspired him to invent a bicycle-powered
airship. We see John Dove, an African-American inventor, originating concepts integral to the compact disc. We learn about
Purdue University, one of the earliest educational institutions to promote invention and engineering ideas. We eavesdrop on
Thomas Edison in his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and also find out about the beginnings of film colorization, a
controversial process that adds tint to film. And we read about Luther Burbank and how he revolutionized plant breeding. The
book even reviews the invention of illegal devices such as the "light wand," which induced slot machines to pay out on every
spin, and we are introduced to a poker player who invented a "holdout" that allowed him to conceal cards in a shirt sleeve
during games

In the words of great business leaders by Fen si te(
Book
)7
editions published
between
1999
and
2001
in
English and Chinese
and held by
277 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Brilliant, practical, obsessed with the day-to-day details of running a company-all are characteristics of the greatest business
leaders of our time. This book reveals remarkable insights into these men and women, teaching timeless lessons about business,
money, and even human nature. This book also features thorough background information on each leader, telling the stories
of their struggles to succeed, their triumphs, and how their various experiences-both good and bad-formed their business philosophies

The case of Abraham Lincoln : a story of adultery, murder, and the making of a great president by J. M Fenster(
Recording
)14
editions published
between
2007
and
2009
in
English and No Linguistic content
and held by
182 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Documents the events surrounding a mid-nineteenth-century Springfield blacksmith's murder trial that would define Abraham
Lincoln's legal career, evaluating how the case reflected the beliefs of the time and placed Lincoln in a national spotlight

Jefferson's America : the President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation by J. M Fenster(
Recording
)7
editions published
in
2016
in
English
and held by
72 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Almost everyone who has taken a U.S. history course is familiar with Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase and the travels of Lewis
and Clark, but that's not where this formative episode in American history begins or ends. In fact, Jefferson sent four other
expeditions West; Zebulon Pike was dispatched on two missions: first, to the headwaters of the Mississippi, and second, toward
what is now Colorado. William Dunbar and Dr. George Hunter explored northern Louisiana and Arkansas. Peter Custis and Thomas
Freeman followed the Red River of North Texas and Oklahoma. The stakes for American expansion were enormously high at a time
when Britain, France, and Spain were also all vying for control of the vast expanse of land west of the Mississippi River,
the geopolitics of discovery were paramount

Packard : the pride by J. M Fenster(
Book
)3
editions published
between
1989
and
2002
in
English
and held by
45 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The greatest stock picks of all time : lessons on buying the right stock at the right time by W. Randall Jones(
Book
)2
editions published
in
2002
in
English
and held by
26 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Worth magazine founder Randy Jones shows how to pick the best stocks of the future by learning the lessons of the greatest
stocks of all time. In a turbulent investing environment, luck must be the only way to score in the stock market, right' Not
so, says Randy Jones. The people who bought McDonald's in 1965 or Chrysler in 1980 weren't just fortunate. Most of them knew
how to read the signs of a good stock and jumped on the opportunity. Such stocks exist in every economic climate, and Jones
shows readers exactly how to find them. In The Greatest Stock Picks of All Time, Jones describes twenty-five of the best stock
picks ever and explains what made them great. He shows how the smartest investors find companies that are about to zoom, giving
readers a framework for analyzing stocks today. For example, Jones explains why AT & T was a great stock pick in the 1920s,
Polaroid in the 1940s, Xerox in the 1950s, Teledyne in the 1970s, and Intel in the 1990s. He then guides readers to discover
stocks that represent the same kinds of pathbreaking products, innovative business models, great management teams, and other
harbingers of success that will certainly be characteristic of the great stock picks of tomorrow. The Greatest Stock Picks
of All Time has invaluable lessons for anyone in the market today. "Today a lot of people think they should murder their brokers,
but my advice is don't. You can stay out of jail and make a lot of money by learning from the greatest stocks of the last
century and by heeding this advice for your future investments." 'Dominick Dunne From the Trade Paperback edition